Breaking the barrier of distance and accessibility to Counseling and testing services provided more than 90 thousand people an opportunity to know their sero status.

According to the national Aids commission and the ministry of health,counting is still on going however data is showing that the results superceeds the initial plan of having 50 thousand people tested during Malawi's first ever National testing week.

In an interview with director of planning and programming in the commission,the coordining team underestimated the impact of the campaign and that in most testing sites,the testing kits were fast running out,siting one site in Mangochi district,by the end of bussiness of the first day the campaign,the center remained with less than 10 testing kits.

The commission and the health ministry are yet to release an official press release on the testing week after collecting all the data from the districts.

Among other thigs the campaign mobilized all communities and offer individuals and couples an opportunity to test for HIV and be counselled and that it was designed in line with the National HIV and AIDS Policy and it contributes significantly to the implementation of the national efforts at scaling HIV testing and counselling and to achieve the goal of testing one million people by the end of 2007.

Acoording to the National Aids Commission of Malawi's
10 million people, of which 6 million are sexually active,
only 15 percent have tested for HIV and know their status.